Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-08-30
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Poultry should have certain pro-
portion Of salt in their food as well as
animals, as it is necessary to the pro-
motion of health and thrift ssi
Sulphur and old tobacco leaves
burned in the poultry-house, the house
being closed perfectly tight, will clean
out the red lice.
The compost heaps should be ex.
amined frequently to see If they are be.
coming overheated. so that fire-fanging
will not result - Cincinnati Times
Bloody milk is frequently caused
by cows eating noxious plants of some
kind. In such case a change of past
ure is the best remedy. -Christidn al
Work.
Bees should never be permitted to
come at honey outside the hive when
they are not gathering in the field.
This not only provokes robbing, but
makes the bees very cross.-Farn, Field
md Stockman
"A farmer who overworks himself
will find the laws Of nature einoxorable,
/ and at the very time when he is ready
TO enjoy life there viii come on tina.
exhaustion from which there is no re.
covering -LouisUile Courier Journal.
-Manuring land by plowing under
some kind of green crop, such as mill
let, buckwhcat, oats or peas should be
the object Of every farmer. Clover is
also excellent and lime should be free
ly used at the same time.
salt your hogs. Tho salt itself is
too strong, but mix with abont two
parts of wood ashes and then the whole
mixture stirred into an equal quantity
of water will make mess that the
hogs will eat, and it will clean theii
bowels of worms and other diseases.
When straw is thrown in tn barn
yard, to be added TO the manure heap,
it does not rot quickly, but if cut into
short lengths, used as bedding and
then thrown intothe barnyard it de-
Gays rapidly and is more easily han
died when loading the manure into tho
wagons. Troy Times.
Young horses that have not been
accustomed to hard corn are very sub
ject to lampas. Softer diet should re-
place corn when lampas appears.
The bowels should be kept open, This
can be done by giving food in the form
of bran mashes. Laxative food is
what is wanted. st. Louis Republican.
. Meal viii fatten old sheep better
than whole grain, as they can not mas.
ticate the grain well with their poor
teeth. Sheep dislike to eat meal, as il
flies up into their nostrils. This trouble
can easily be remedied by wetting it
slightly. or, what is better, cut the
hay. wet it and sprinkle the meal
over it.
Poor soils should not be lined.
Lime produces the most favorable
effects on land where barnyard manure
was applied one or two years previous
ly, another application of manure fol-
lowing soon after The effects of lime
last several years, but it can not re.
place barn-yard manure, although it
heightens and assures its effects, and
moreover brings the dormant powers
of the soil into action. Montreal VII
ness.
Many carefully conducted expert
ments have proved beyond doubt
that young animals pay much better
for feeding than do those which have
long passed their wears Of growth. II
this fact were more generally realized
there would be fewer old animals kept,
and farmers would change their stock
much oftener than has been their prac-
tice. Many buyers have already learned
better than to purchase an old COW or
pair of oxen, because they know that
no gain in growth can be obtained,
only gain in condition, and this at a
cost fully equal to all it will bring
when the animal is again offered for
sale, 3 f